In 1729, Jonathan Swift wrote A Modest Proposal , in which he suggested that the impoverished Irish
would benefit from selling their children as food to the rich. As Swift wrote:
I have been assured by a very
knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well
nursed...

In 1729, Jonathan Swift wrote A Modest Proposal , in which he suggested that the impoverished Irish would benefit from selling their children as food to the rich. As Swift wrote:
I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed, is...